FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPFEIFFER SPORTS INFORMATIONWednesday, February 23, 2011SMITH NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK BY SYNAPSE SPORTS IN WOMEN'S LACROSSE

MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Pfeiffer University's Amanda Smith has been selected as the division two defensive player of the week as selected by Synapse Sports. Each week during the season, [the Synapse Sports] staff searches the game stories to come up with a Rookie-of-the-Week, an Offensive Player-of-the-Week, a Defensive Player-of-the-Week, and members of the Honor Roll. We have been able to see a number of games and read the game stories before meeting to choose these honors. Congratulations to the athletes and their programs!